Washline-hanger.



E. HAUPT.

WASHLINE HANGER. APPLIOATI'ON FILED ooT.1, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1918.

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UNrrnr) STATES PATENT onirica.

ERNST HAUPT', 0F PERTH AMBGY, NEW' JERSEY.

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Z'o all whom it maylconcern Be it known that/I,4 ERnsrHAfUr'r, a sub` ject of the German Emperor, residing at Perth Amboy, the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented cer tain new and useful Improvements-in Vf ashlinefHangers, of which the following is a` specioation.

The present invention relates to `Awash line hangerspand has forits object to provide a device whereby-the hanging of clothes for? drying from the inside ofthe 'rooml` without. bending throughl the window will be rendered possible.

Another object of my invention is to'pro`-` vide al sim-ple. construetiort.for the purpose; named'v so as toreduce thecost thereof-.and thus bring such devieefwithin the reach of' the generalpubli'e; And a further V object of' Fig, lEigB is an enlarged side view of a detail of the device andi Fig. l is a rear elevation of the attaeliment.` wholly removed from` the wall, a part of the line supporting arm being broken away` The, deviceconsists of a base plate o of suitable shape through the center of which a cylindrical pin b, is passed-,which hasan eX- tension'b projecting outwardly at the rear of the plate a and which is secured in position against rotation to a rib c arranged at a right angle to the plate a. Rotatively mounted on the said pin b is a disk d which isintegral with a ratchet wheel cZ. Pivoted to the innerfaee; Of theplate L and adapted to cooperate with the said wheel are pawls cle (Fig. 3), which by springs e are' held constantly in Contact with said' wheel. By means `of` this' ratchetwheel and" the pawls thedisk d when turned on itsvaxis in one or the other direction can be lockedV in position. The unlocking of the disk el so as to allow of its being turned can be accomplished by wires f or `the like attached to the f Specification o f Letters Patent.

`with ratchet teeth d4.

` ratchet teeth, dit.

retreated sept. eo, i913.

-, Application nled October 1, 1912. Serial'No. 723,332.

-pawls Zes and eXtending through slots provided a; box-shaped" cover g suitably iiXed tothe plate a and inclosing the disk CZ,

wheel. ai', the pawl's Z6 and springs e and suit- I ably secured to vthe plate a The cover g has aV circular'l opening g2 through which projects forwardly a sleeve f shaped extension Pof the diSk CZ., The for- ,fward endl of the pin carries a nut or washer o2 whereby the disk CZ is held in position .on pin The hood or sleeve eXtension l? ist` formed integrally with a forwhichis perpendicular to the base plate a and which on its circumference is formed rEhe bifurcated end of an arm h embraces and is rotatively secured to., said sector by means ofa pin L passed through the center thereof. Secured to the arm it is a springfaotuated pawl 71,2 which is adapted to coperate with the h Owing to` the pivotal connection of the arm 7i to the sector piece Z3 and owing to the said sector beingfoapable of `revolving around the pin Z), the arm /L is capable of two movements in planes locatedV at right angles to one another. The

free end LS of the arm 7L is l'. shaped and hinged or otherwise pivoted therein is a f bracket e' carrying a line pulley jl Fixed to the plate a, or in the cover g thereof and perpendicularly above one another are forwardly projecting pins Ze, on which outside ofv the casing formed by the part g are mounted rollers or pulleys Z, the object of which will be described in connection with the operationl of Vthe device.

The new device being designed to be movably attached to any one of the lateral bars of `a window frame orto parts adjacent thereto, l provide the following means for its attachment An L-'shaped metal plate m is Vprovided on both sides with substantially keyhole or T`shaped recesses m and on one side with acentral inwardly bent U-shaped portion m2; Below each of the. T-shaped `vrecesses and: surrounding three sides of the "narrow portionsl thereof is secured to the rrear or outer surfacesof the plate m a U- shaped flange m3. l adaptedl to be fixed toanyone of' the side bars-lV of a window frame or wall, either This angle plate m is from the outside or the inside of a room, in such a manner as to embrace said window frame or wall from two sides or around the corner. In so aiiixing the plate, there will ,wardlyg projecting: sector shaped piece Z3 be left some free space m between the sides of the frame or wall and those of the plate of use.

m, owing to the rearwardly projecting central part m2 and the flanges ma. This space is designed to accommodate the rearwardly proj ect-ing ends of screw bolts 0 and nuts p whereby the base plate a is secured to the plate m.

After the engagement of the nuts between" the U-shaped flanges the bolts can be turned to tighten the nuts. The bend m2 will extend over the part when the plate m is placed against the rear of the base a and the rib c. Of course, the part ZJ can be omitted and the spindle otherwise fixed to the rib c. In that case, the bend m2 can be omitted. ln the example shown, when the platem is arranged on the side of the frame opposite to that indicated in Fig. 2, the recesses m will extend in reverse direction to that shown in Fig. t. n that case before the' nuts are tightened the base a will have to move upwardly instead of downwardly.

After first ascertaining to which side of the window frame it is most convenient to fix the plate m, in order that the line g may be conveyed around the line pulley carried by the pole (not shown) in the yard, the plate m is fixed in position (see Fig. 2). The device is then secured to the plate m by slipping its screw bolts o and nuts 29 through the enlarged portions of the T- shaped recesses m of the plate m and then by depressing the base a, thus causing said bolts 0 to engage the reduced portions of the T-shaped recesses and the square nuts p to be lodged between the U-shaped flanges m3. Through the rear rib c of plate a screw bolts ol and nuts p also engage the T-shaped recesses and by the depression of theplate a, in a similar manner as bolts 0 and nuts p are caused to engage the reduced portion of the T-shaped recesses m and the U-shaped franges m3 respectively. The device thus becomes locked in position The arm t in non-operative position occupies a vertical position (see dotted lines in Fig. l) projecting downwardly, and the endless line Q which runs over the pole pulley (not shown) is carried around the pulley j and around the upper pulley Z.

When the clothes are to be hung on the line, the arm 7L must be first swung into horizontal position (see full lines in Fig.

l) extending inwardly into the room. As the arm is locked in its downward position by the pawls d engaging the teeth of the wheel or disk (l, the same must be first un'- Y locked which is effected by pulling on the wires After the arm h is brought into horizontal position it again becomes locked therein by the engagement with the wheel QZ of the pawls ZG when released." The lower part of the line g now is in position to receive the clothes r and the-line can be fed from within the room outwardly. The pulley j, owing to the pivotal connection of Vits bracket z' to arm L adjusts itself accordslanting position of t-he armxrelative to! the f-windoiv frame, the said arm can be swung aroundits horizontal pivot 7i toward or intothe dotted position shown in- Fig. This can 'be eifectedonly after theA lifting of pawl h2 by means o f its grasp 7L* Vfrom the toot-hed sector cl3; After such adjustmentand on release of the pawltzthe latter, owingto the spring h5V actuating it, returns into engagement with "sector Z3 and locks the Yarnijin the newposition.

,/Vhen the clothesare allliung and .Y fed i i outwardly the lower part kof the linejfcarrying the clothes maybe liftedY onto the upper pulley'Z, to thereby stretch theli'ne more taut, andthen the arm/t maybelswung back into its vertical position-'(see'dotted lines in Fig. 2)' tobe-out of the-way..A

l do not wish to limit vmyself to the de-V tails of construction yshown and described,

as various modifications may be made there- Y in without deviating from the principle of my invention.

That I claim and desire to secure by Leti In combination with aV wash line hanger ters Patent is comprising a perforated base, of anV L- shapedplate having in both wings orsides T-shaped recessesY and flanges around the reduced portions of said recesses and being adapted to be xed aroundV a corner of a stationary part, and bolts carryingsquare Ynuts and adapted to be passed through Vsaid perforated base andpto engage with the nuts the recesses in said plate, said nuts after depression Vof said base being adapted to eni Oao'e between said flanges and toV beheld D b. against rotation.

Tn Vtestimony whereof l affix myisignature Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing `the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

